"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Shelley L Kaufman	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Los Angeles County	See Comments

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* Temperament		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Scholarship		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Industriousness		(1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
* Ability to Handle Complex Litigation		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Punctuality		(1=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* General Ability as a Trial Judge		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flexibility In Scheduling		(1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

Criminal Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation		(1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
General Inclination Regarding Bail		(1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Plea Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved, 10=Very Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pretrial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)

Civil Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation		(1=Not at all Evenhanded,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Involvement in Settlement Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved,10=Very Involved)
General Inclination		(1=Pro-defendant, 10=Pro-plaintiff)

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What others have said about Hon. Shelley L Kaufman

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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA55033
Rating:1.6

Comments:
My experience with Judge Kaufman is simply awful. I find that she often does not understand the law. She makes word salad rulings to cover that she is acting lawlessly. She is hostile to the idea that people end up in her courtroom because they are being abused (bc she only hears certain types of cases). She is mad when there are observers in her courtroom, and I believe it is because she doesn't want the public to see how she treats the people who are forced to be in front of her. She has a very limited world view, and seems like she either does not consider or does not understand poverty, racism, or misogyny. And when someone is impacted by all three factors, she shows no ability to empathize with them. I think she doesn't recognize the immense amount of privilege her education and skin color have given her.

Litigant

Comment #: CA54497
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Does this judge supervise and have oversight of other family court judges? What is her role if a family court judge does not follow the law and/or abuses her discretion? Does she review cases? Does she have any role in overseeing other judges and are there repercussions if she finds that a judge is not following the law or behaving in a judicial manner before being forced to file an epensive appeal or give up and accept that there is no justice? If anyone can provide me any information without further depleting my resources after 4 never-ending years in this courthouse about what the role of a supervising judge is and if that person helps citizens, please let me know. I do not think I am the only victim of family court that has these questions. Thank you!

Other

Comment #: CA54441
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
"Richy-Rich", "double agent"- false flag posters cant be trusted, and it is good that litigant has called out these lying attorney trolls (who sometimes pose as a litigant, or criminal defense attorney, other) they write over sickening offensive and then nauseatingly nice posts-deflection is obvious.

Litigant

Comment #: CA54426
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I commend Ms. Kauffman for the professionalism, patience & thoroughness displayed at hearing today. I will note her handling of a ghost Marsden Motion with regard to low level practice IDCO panel counsel was not kosher. Erred ruling in favor of $117 hourly wage Dan Teola # 176675. Judge Kauffman later excelled in civil contempt hearing rendering a fair ruling.

Litigant

Comment #: CA52811
Rating:10.0

Comments:
Fair, intelligent and patient

Other

Comment #: CA48772
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I do not understand that you can sign and move someone that the court don't even tell the party about it it do not make know kind of sense you suppose to follow the law and nor just move a mother of a child down town to another court without letting them know when she asks for them to do it they told her she could not get another judge just to say she came all the way to the court house to ask why and what happen no one knows any thing you called that fair I don't think so

Other

Comment #: CA42383
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Worst Judge ever! She's allowed my 2 grandchildren to live with their mother although she admitted that the children were witnessing domestic violence in the home regularly. She was totally dismissive to my son, although he did in fact have a Lawyer. My Grandchildren's mother and other grandmother lied throughout the entire trial....Judge Kaufman caught those lies and was totally dismissive. That's just the beginning. I am very careful of who I accuse of being racist, however, my WHITE friend said she was racist before I had a chance to. PLEASE believe every negative rating on Judge Kaufman that you read.

Litigant

Comment #: CA19295
Rating:1.0

Comments:
All the negative comments made are absolutely correct. I’ve had the experience of being in front of her with an attorney and on my own as self represented. She was so rude and dismissive with me. She doesn’t read ANY of the declarations and evidence has no importance to her. She is absolutely unprepared, which is why she is constantly delaying making decisions and rescheduling hearings.
She has personally done so much harm to my children and myself with her judgements and stall tactics.
What was also very upsetting is that she allowed my ex to blatantly commit perjury. She would would actually shed light on his lies and then pass right over them. My ex is abusive and there was a 5 year history in her court of demonstrating that, yet she ignored this fact when making orders.
I’m still convinced that she was afraid of him, has major biases or is making shady deals with the law firm that represents him.

Interestingly, when I was represented by a lawyer I won every case and Judge Kaufman actually paid attention. She is respectful to them. She did however, always seemed to be intimidated by the lawyers.
This woman should never be allowed to decide anyone’s fate.
Get out if her court if you can!!!

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA19188
Rating:1.0

Comments:
I was an observer in her Courtroom. If you Can’t afford a lawyer, do NOT expect her to listen, respect or even allow you to present your case. She only listens to lawyers and considers their testimony in a family law Court room funded by the tax payers of the County of Los Angeles. In other words, you are not a human being worthy of her consideration if you can’t afford to hire a lawyer. her honor utterly lacks impartiality, respect towards common people and basic decency. Her bio states that she is bilingual, and fluent in French. her highness is therefore highly advised to read about the French Revolution’s history and stop acting so elitist and superior.

Other

Comment #: CA19164
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This woman has zero respect for the common people, lacks impartiality, shows no integrity, and acts very elitist. She forgets that the court belongs to the people, and she is a public employee of the County of Los Angeles. A self righteous and elitist attitude sums her up.

Litigant

Comment #: CA10672
Rating:2.0

Comments:
Judge Shelley Kaufman drags on cases for an eternity, not even considering the time and money that the litigants are spending on attorney fees and court costs. She hesitates a lot when it comes to making decisions and it's all because she is very unsure of herself and what she is doing. Judge Kaufman is a former civil rights and criminal attorney that is current making rulings over many family law cases. This is a different beast for her and she way out of her league. I have seen her allow litigants to disrupt, disrespect and even break federal law in her courtroom and she does nothing at all about it. If you are the unlucky person who happens to receive her as your judge - RUN. She is ruining lives.

Litigant

Comment #: CA8690
Rating:1.0

Comments:
She is awful, constantly ignores statutory provisions and rules as a dictator, at least it's my experience with her.